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Descriptor English: Fractures, Ununited
Descriptor Spanish: Fracturas no Consolidadas
Descriptor fracturas no consolidadas
Scope note: Fracturas que no llegan a unirse. en las que los extremos óseos se tornan redondeados y ebúrneos, y aparece pseudoartrosis. (Stedman, 25a ed)
Descriptor Portuguese: Fraturas não Consolidadas
Descriptor French: Fractures non consolidées
Entry term(s): Fracture, Ununited
Ununited Fracture
Ununited Fractures
Tree number(s): C26.404.468
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005599
Scope note: A fracture in which union fails to occur, the ends of the bone becoming rounded and eburnated, and a false joint occurs. (Stedman, 25th ed)
Annotation: do not confuse with FRACTURES, MALUNITED; coordinate with specific bone /inj or precoordinated bone/fracture term
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
DeCS ID: 5734
Unique ID: D005599
NLM Classification: WE 180
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/06/13
Fractures, Ununited - Preferred
Concept UI M0008810
Scope note A fracture in which union fails to occur, the ends of the bone becoming rounded and eburnated, and a false joint occurs. (Stedman, 25th ed)
Preferred term Fractures, Ununited
Entry term(s) Fracture, Ununited
Ununited Fracture
Ununited Fractures



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